- Joined
- May 8, 2002
- Posts
- 354,532
- Reaction score
- 38
You must be registered for see images attach
Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova of Russia underwent a 6 1/2-hour operation on her broken and dislocated spine following a training accident Saturday. Russian freestyle ski federation spokesman Mikhail Verzeba said Komissarova fractured the 12th dorsal vertebrae in her lower-middle back and was taken to a hospital near the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for emergency surgery. The International Olympic Committee was monitoring the situation. President Thomas Bach said, ''Our thoughts are with the athlete and we wish her a full and speedy recovery.'' The 23-year-old Komissarova was practicing for next Friday's contest on a sunny morning on the 1,200-meter course, which has nine banked turns and 25 jumps.
More...
